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TIL the dollar symbol ($) originates from the engraving of a banner wrapped around a pillar in the Spanish silver coin.

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9YEMQ TIL that when the horror/thriller movie "Scar" (the first American 3D feature film to be completed in HD 3D) was released in 2007, at one instance a man was "out cold and paramedics were actually called" and "one viewer ran out of the theater and threw up"
ay9b TIL that the word “Barbarian” was invented by the ancient Greeks as an insulting term for anyone who didn’t speak the Greek language - to their ears, everyone else sounded like they were just saying “bar bar bar” all the time
XEEl6 Spies used it as a secret weapon. A president tumbled from it. Hitler wanted it destroyed. Just what made this train so intriguing?
woAXY TIL children’s entertainer Stevin John aka Blippi made a video of himself defecating onto a friend while performing the Harlem shake.
vYE7 TIL a Parisian apartment that was undisturbed for 70 years was opened, revealing priceless art and furniture.